Door for automobiles



1.1. MCGUIHE.

DOOR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.2|. |920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEE I.

1.1. MCGUIRE.

DOOR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 2I. I920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

IMI I @myd A TTRNEYS y on May PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J'. MCGUIRE, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

DOOR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 8, 1921.

Application led January 21, 1920. Serial No. 352,966.

T all ywhom 'it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN JNMCGUTRE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Door for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact' description. y

The invention relates to inflatable automobile bodies such as shown and described in the application for Letters Patent of thel United States, Serial No. 294,790, filed by me The-object of the invent-ion is to provide a new and improved automobile door of the glass anel extension or window type arranged) to permit of folding the window within the door whenever it is desired to convert the automobile body from an open to a closed one, and, in case the body has been converted into a closed one, to allow of raising or lowering the window to suit the convenience of the occupant.

Another object is to provide a window that is self-contained in the door and is adapted to be moved into extended or folded position on guideways forming part of the door itself.

`With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a1 part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved door as applied and with the window in extended position;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same;

Fig. 3 iS a similar view of the door with the window folded therein;

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the window and its guideways;

Fig. 5 is a sectional perspective view of the same with the window and guideways in extended position; and

Fig. 6 is an edge view of t-he door with the window in folded position therein.

The door 10 is connected at one side by hinges 11 with the body 12 of the automobile, and the free end of the door is provided with the usual opening and closing .means 13 for locking the door when in closed position and for unlocking the door and swinging it into open position whenever it is desired to do so. The door body 10 is made hollow7 and is provided with a back 15 connected at its lower end by hinges 16 to the bottom rail 17 of the door 10 to allow of swinging the back 15 from the normally closed posi; tion shown in Figs. 3 and 6 inwardly into an open position shown in Fig. 2.

Vertical guideways 20, preferably of chan nel iron, are provided with lugs 21 fastened by screws, nails or other fastening devices 22 to the inner face of the door back 15. and the said guideways are rigidly connected with each other by a suitable connecting member 23, preferably in the form of a channel beam. In the guideways 20 is mounted to slide up and down a f1ame25 formed of guide slides 26 and a connecting member 27 rigidly connecting the lower ends of the guide slides 26 with each other. The guide slides 26 and the connecting member 27 are preferably of channel iron and the frame 25 1s normally contained within the hollow body of the door 10, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. In the guide slides 26 of the frame 25 are mounted to slide up and down the stiles 30 of a window sash 31 of usual construction. From the foregoing it will be Seen that the guide slides 26 are mounted to slide up and down in the guideways 20 and form guideways for the sash 31 to slide in.

The stiles 30 of the sash 31 are provided with angular lugs 32 adapted to engage lugs 33 formed on the guide slides 26 of the frame 25 to liftthe frame 25 on raising the sash 31, thereby lifting the upper portions of the guide slides 26 above the guideways 2O and a distance above the door body. as plainly indicated in Figs. l, 2 and The upward movement of the frame 25 is limited by stops 35 formed on the guide slides 26 and adapted to abut against the connectN ing bar 23 of the guideways 20. (See Figs. 1, 2 and 5.) In order to permit the user to conveniently lift the sash 31 use is made of a pull band 36 attached to the bottom rail 37 of the sash 31 and extending to the outer face of the door back 15.

Normally the sash 3l is concealed within the hollow body of the door 10, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, but when the back 15 of the door is swung into open position and the sash 31 is lifted by the band 36 then it slides upward in the guide slides 26 of the frame 25 to move into closed position between the door posts 40 and 41. It is understood that when the sash 31 is in lowermost position within the hollow body of the door then the lugs 32 are a distance below the lugs 33 and hence on lifting the sash 31 the latter first slides up in the guide slides 26 until the ugs 32 engage the lugs 33, and then on a further upward movement of the sash 31 the' frame Q5 is lifted and the upper portions of the guide slides 26 are extended above the door, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. By the arrangement described. the sash 31 is securely held in the guide slides 26 when in extended position and hence no guideways for the sash whatever are required on the posts and 4l. v

The bottom rail 37 of the sash 31 is provided with a hook adapted to hook onto a ledge 51 formed or attached to the inner face of the top rail 52 of the door 10. The top rail 55 of the sash 31 is adapted to fit into a recess 56 formed in the roof 57 of the automobile. By the arrangement described the sash 31 is securely held in raised position by means forming integral parts of the door itself.

In order to holdthe back 15 locked when in closed position and to limit the opening movement thereof, use is made of catches 60, one at each side and pivoted at 61 on the sides of the back 15. Each catch 60 is provided with an angular lug 61 extending in an L-shaped'slot G2 in a plate 63 attached to the corresponding side of the door body. (See Fig. 6.) lhen the back 15 is in closed position, the lugs G1 are in the bottom portions of the slots 62 thus holding the back l5 locked in closed position. (See Fig. 6.) Tlienit is desired to swing the back 15 inwardly into open position-the operator lifts the lugs (Slfnntil they extend into the upper portions of the slots @Eto allow the operator to swing the back 15 rearward into open position. Then the lugs 61 reach the rear walls ofthe upper portions of the slots 62 then the rearward movement of the back 15 is stopped..ll It is understood that the catches 6() are manipulated when the door 10 is in open position. D

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. ln an automobile. a hollow door body having a movable back, guideways mounted in the said hollow body and attached to the in's'cr face of the said back, a frame yslidalole in the guideways, and a'window sash slidable on" the said frame.

ln an automobile, a hollow door body having a hinged back, guideways mounted in inc said hollow body and attached to the inner face of the said back, a frame slidable in the guideways, and a window sash slidable on the said frame, the said sash and trame having coat-ting means to move the frame into extended position on raising the sash.

3. In an automobile, a hollow door body having a back hinged at its lower end to allow of swinging the back from normally closed into open position, guideways attached to the inner face of the said back, a frame having a limited up and down sliding movement in the guideways, a window sash slidable up and down in the said frame, and coacting lifting means on the said frame and window sash to raise the frame on lifting the window sash.

4. In an automobile, a hollow door body having aback hinged at its lower end to allow of swinging the back from normally closed into open position` manually controlled means for locking the back when in closed position and for limiting the opening movement ofthe back, guideways attached to the inner face of the said back, a frame having a limited up and down sliding movement in the guideways, a window sash slidable up and, down in the said frame, and coacting lifting means on the said frame and window sash to raise the frame on lifting the window sash.

5. In an automobile, a hollow door body ,having a back hinged at its lower end to allow of swinging the backy from normally closed into open position, guideways attached to the inner face of the said back, a frame having a limited up and down sliding movement in the guideways, a window sash slidable up and down in the said frame, coacting lifting means on the said frame and window sash to raise the frame on lifting the window sash, and coacting means on the lower rail of the window sash and the top of the door to support the window sash when in raised position.

G. A hollow vehicle door, embodying a fixed front and a spaced and hinged back, a window sash slidably mounted on the back and adapted to be housed within the door between the front and the back thereof, and means for securing the back and window sash in open position.

7. A hollow vehicle door, embodyin a fixed front and a. spaced and hinged bac l, a window sash slidably mounted on the back and adapted to be housed within the door between the front and the back thereof, and interlitting and interengaging elements at the top of the door and the bottom of the sash, respectively, to hold the sash in open position and prevent relative inward displacement of the door back.

8. A hollow vehicle door, embodying a hinged back. a window sash adapted to be housed within the door and to be projected into operative position when the back is open. and complementary means on the door and back to secure the latter when Closed and to limit the opening movement thereof.

JOHN J. 'Mc-GUIRE. 

